Monday, October 3, 2011

I drew a picture of the 2 barn like structures and labeled some of the places that stuck out to me most. I noticed that the back barn was fairly empty and that most of the sellers were using trailers, foldable tables and tents to house their products. Whereas, the first barn looked like most of the sellers areas were permanent fixtures with electric registers, walk in coolers and heavy shelves and furniture. This led me to believe that these sellers are here most of the week and have staked their claim on the land.

I also had suspicions, that were confirmed during an interview, that most of the sellers were not farmers but rather were selling produce from commercial farms most of which were not even local. Kind of defeats the purpose of my attending a farmers market, local farmers? So I kind of saw a trend, based on a local farmer selling there, that the actual farmers stayed to the left side of the front barn or in between the barns or in the half empty back barn. On my first trip to the market this local area is where I hung because it's what I knew, these are the vendors that I buy from for my family, so I thought why not start with what you know?! This coming week I hope to venture over to the "other side."

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